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...When you cover a whale-tasting event, you have to taste whale. And morality aside, I can tell you that whale meat isn't good. As sushi and sashimi, it was fatty and chewy with a bland, blubbery taste - like salmon that's been kept out too long. The one exception was the whale noodle dish, but I'm going to say its success had more to do with the noodles and spicy broth than it did with the whale. All in all, the experience made it hard for me to keep a straight face when people referred to whale...
...eight election “trustees” to enter an electronic password to access ballot results. Although the UC makes a solid effort to address concerns over corruption, these changes may ultimately do little to dispel students’ worries that elections are never impervious to manipulation. So long as there are computer science wonks, accusations of hacking will inevitably resurface in future elections. Besides, it bears mentioning that the allegations last semester were proven false, making this response seem like an overreaction that could ultimately have negative consequences if trustees resign or disagree with each other as happened...
...course, a tough bill would face long odds. The money and power of the financial industry would be arrayed against it. There would be so many arcane moving parts - How much authority for the Fed? Should end users be exempt from derivatives regulation? Should something be done about naked credit default swaps? - that reaching consensus by August would be challenging even if everyone wanted it. And it's not clear that anyone is desperate to have it; there probably won't be another meltdown this year, and Democratic leaders may be content to let Republicans block reform so they...
...definitely go to a House and be happy about it,” she says, “as long as it’s not for three years...
Finally, after long battles, freshmen Nguyen and Schultz clinched the victory for Harvard with wins in each of their matches...